Every day is intense and alive, whether it's travel, work, even down time, which there is so little of.

Movies and life become a little more symmetrical when you start asking for and looking for connections.

I was making choices that were very specific: Make a living, take care of your family, and if you can, find some movies that you can sink your teeth into.

Sometimes it's harder to play good tennis with a bad tennis player - the same way it's hard to be a good actor with a bad actor. It's just an unpleasant experience.

When I was on that boat, I realized the only way I would feel creatively challenged was if I totally changed everything about my environment and put myself in a storm, in a sense.

It's funny, but we were living on this small island off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina when I was 9.

I'm right at a time when I'm strongly finding my identity inside of my work.